Discarded Plastics Get New Biodegradable Life

New research at the Ames Laboratory’s Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP) recently discovered a chemical process that transforms plastic trash into biodegradable detergents and surfactants. This new process will help make plastic use more sustainable.  Researchers worked with plastics called “polyolefins,” which represent more than half of all discarded plastics, from food packaging to […]